so my process was i first decided to make only the edges of the cube bolts. i then subdivided it 10 times so i could a aply a different material to the edges so the edges would have the bolts but not the center. just to make sure nothing changed in the UVs, i reunwraped it. next i copied the material that had the bolt Normal applied and on the second material, deleted the normal and assigned it to the center. and in the end i had this